It was an exciting meeting between the couple and Murray showed signs that he could rise again in the standings after rejecting the tournament’s top seed. The 35-year-old entered the match after the 6-3 7-6 victory over Alexander Bublik in the previous round, after defeating the Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell. Roland Garros “Our situation is different” – Murray to Nadal plays in pain to win the French Open 14 HOURS AGO However, this was to be a challenge on another level, one that passed with great success to create a conflict with Nick Kyrgios. Tsitsipas served for the start of the match and won the first game to love. Murray fought back to win his serve from the love-30 down. From that point on, they both served flawlessly and so the set inevitably went to a tiebreak with no service breaks.
There were only two break points in the set, one for each player saved. The tie-break remained in service until Murray took the first break point and had two serve-ups to win the set – he scored the first and a long lob from Tsitsipa in the second helped the Scotsman close the set. Murray served at the beginning of the second set to get the opening game and the match remained serviced, allowing him to lead 3-2. In the sixth game he broke the serve of the Greek with a fantastic shot back, to take advantage of the break point. The former No. 1 in the world further increased his lead by keeping his serve in the next game to move 5-2 ahead. Murray had two match points in Tsitsipa’s serve, to waste both. The Briton had the opportunity to take the match on his serve, which he did properly with a beautiful forehand on the line to secure his first victory against a player who is ranked in the top five in the world since 2016. “It was an amazing atmosphere and almost crowded,” Murray said after the match in an in-field interview. “It was nice weather today and very good conditions for me to play tennis. I thought I did well. He served incredibly well in the first set. “I felt I had very few opportunities, but when he created opportunities in my service, I stayed strong. I played a very steady tie break and in the second set, when I was in the rally, I felt like I was dictated a lot of points. It was a good show. “ He will now face Kyrgyzstan in Saturday’s semifinals, after beating Marton Fucovic. The Australian led 7-6 (3) 3-0 when the Fucsovics retired after treatment on the pitch for a back problem. ATP Stuttgart “His game is absolutely there” – Tsitsipas says Murray is “one of the best” before the clash 16 HOURS AGO ATP Stuttgart “I was a little disappointed” – Murray moves to Stuttgart with Bublik victory YESTERDAY AT 15:01